auhckw wrote:I suspect these Olympic men drank this Pu before they took the jump

very nice...

I can take a fair amount of bitterness, but I have been overpowered by a few teas since I have begun drinking. If I recall correctly, they have been of the green variety, and either Chinese or Japanese.

But, I can't tell you whether they were due to brewing error or not....

Hehe, true. More correct would be 'room temperature' It's also a bit more cooler here than in Nagasaki city with all those big buildings and everything covered by asphalt and concrete. Few days already it doesn't get higher than 31-32C

Recently from cold teas i drink mostly mugicha. And when i'm not lazy i brew lots of houjicha, after it cooled down pour it in 0.5 plastic bottles. Nice to grab a bottle when going out, tasty and it cost me a lot less than buying mediocre tea from vending machines Houjicha from vending machine is... bitter!

Some sheng pu samples knocked me for a loop. Brewed it like shu and it turned my mouth into a vortex of bitterness .

Drinking on some random teas here on my vacation since the expensive matcha and sencha I ordered didn't come in in time. I've had some 2010 TGY one brews from puerhshop, some magnolia single leaf dancong cold brew, and finished off the rest of my warashina supreme 2010. Tomorrow I'm making premiere SX yancha from IPT before breakfast. Very eclectic mix!